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The Human Condition

内容简介

Aworkofstrikingoriginalityburstingwithunexpectedinsights，TheHumanConditionisinmanyrespectsmorerelevantnowthanwhenitfirstappearedin1958.Inherstudyofthestateofmodernhumanity，HannahArendtconsidershumankindfromtheperspectiveoftheactionsofwhichitiscapable.TheproblemsArendtidentifiedthen--diminishinghumanagencyandpoliticalfreedom，theparadoxthatashumanpowersincreasethroughtechnologicalandhumanisticinquiry，wearelessequippedtocontroltheconsequencesofouractions--continuetoconfrontustoday.Thisnewedition，publishedtocoincidewiththefortiethanniversaryofitsoriginalpublication，containsanimprovedandexpandedindexandanewintroductionbynotedArendtscholarMargaretCanovanwhichincisivelyanalyzesthebook'sargumentandexaminesitspresentrelevance.Aclassicinpoliticalandsocialtheory，TheHumanConditionisaworkthathasprovedbothtimelessandperpetuallytimely.HannahArendt(1906-1975)wasoneoftheleadingsocialtheoristsintheUnitedStates.HerLecturesonKant'sPoliticalPhilosophyandLoveandSaintAugustinearealsopublishedbytheUniversityofChicagoPress.，Aworkofstrikingoriginalityburstingwithunexpectedinsights，TheHumanConditionisinmanyrespectsmorerelevantnowthanwhenitfirstappearedin1958.Inherstudyofthestateofmodernhumanity，HannahArendtconsidershumankindfromtheperspectiveoftheactionsofwhichitiscapable.TheproblemsArendtidentifiedthen—diminishinghumanagencyandpoliticalfreedom，theparadoxthatashumanpowersincreasethroughtechnologicalandhumanisticinquiry，wearelessequippedtocontroltheconsequencesofouractions—continuetoconfrontustoday.Thisnewedition，publishedtocoincidewiththefortiethanniversaryofitsoriginalpublication，containsanimprovedandexpandedindexandanewintroductionbynotedArendtscholarMargaretCanovanwhichincisivelyanalyzesthebook'sargumentandexaminesitspresentrelevance.Aclassicinpoliticalandsocialtheory，TheHumanConditionisaworkthathasprovedbothtimelessandperpetuallytimely.

HannahArendt(1906-1975)wasoneoftheleadingsocialtheoristsintheUnitedStates.HerLecturesonKant'sPoliticalPhilosophyandLoveandSaintAugustinearealsopublishedbytheUniversityofChicagoPress.

作者简介

HannahArendt(1906-1975)wasaninfluentialGermanpoliticaltheoristandphilosopherwhocametotheUnitedStatesasarefugeefromtheNazisin1940.SheheldanumberofacademicpositionsatAmericanuniversitiesincludingtheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley;NorthwesternUniversity;theUniversityofChicago;andPrincetonUniversity,whereshewasthefirstwomanappointedtoafullprofessorship.Herworks,whichdealwithissuesofpower,authority,revolution,thought,andjudgment,includeTheOriginsofTotalitarianism,TheHumanCondition,EichmanninJerusalem,BetweenPastandFuture,andtheincompleteandposthumouslypublishedTheLifeoftheMind.WandaMcCaddonbeganrecordingbooksforthefledglingaudiobookindustryintheearly1980sandhassincenarratedwelloversixhundredtitlesformajoraudiopublishers,aswellasabridging,narrating,andcoproducingclassictitlesforherowncompany,BigBen.Audiobooklistenersmaybefamiliarwithhervoiceunderoneofhertwo"nomdemikes,"DonadaPetersandNadiaMay.TherecipientofanAudienominationandmorethantwenty-fiveEarphonesAwards,AudioFilemagazinehasnamedheroneofrecording'sGoldenVoices.WandaalsoappearsregularlyontheprofessionalstageintheSanFranciscoBayArea.

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